Re: SVRy Freight Act III

A bit more than probably anyone wanted to know in my previous post, so at the risk of being thrown off the diss. bd. here is a bit more.
Where the branchs of the wye came together to form the main heading west by timetable to Larch Summit (actual direction is South and East) the swith stand was right at or actually on the bridge over the Powder River in the middle of the valley. After crossing the River the track heads in the opposite direction as Sumpter along the hillside in the 4 mile climb to the Summit. Not far along the main after crossing the river there was a spur that ran up the valley a short way to serve the Smelter. As there at least used to be ties evident on a grade above the smelter, I assume early on there was a second sput comming off further up the main. It is not shown on the maps in the 1916 valuation report and the smelter only ran a short time in the early 1900's, but apparently the lower spur remained for storage throughout the years.